By the dawn

Walfajr

And [by] ten nights

Walayalin AAashr

And [by] the even [number] and the odd

WashshafAAi walwatr

And [by] the night when it passes,

Wallayli itha yasr

Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?

Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijr

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -

Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAad

[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

Irama thati alAAimad

The likes of whom had never been created in the land?

Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albilad

And [with] Thamūd, who carved out the rocks in the valley?

Wathamooda allatheena jaboo assakhrabilwad

And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?

WafirAAawna thee al-awtad

[All of] whom oppressed within the lands

Allatheena taghaw fee albilad

And increased therein the corruption.

Faaktharoo feeha alfasad

So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawtaAAathab

Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

Inna rabbaka labilmirsad

And as for man, when his Lord tries him and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, "My Lord has honored me."

Faamma al-insanu itha maibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbeeakraman

But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."

Waamma itha ma ibtalahufaqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanan

No! But you do not honor the orphan

Kalla bal la tukrimoonaalyateem

And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.

Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAamialmiskeen

And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,

Wata/kuloona atturatha aklanlamma

And you love wealth with immense love.

Watuhibboona almala hubbanjamma

No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed

Kalla itha dukkati al-ardudakkan dakka

And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,

Wajaa rabbuka walmalaku saffansaffa

And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but how [i.e., what good] to him will be the remembrance?

Wajee-a yawma-ithin bijahannamayawma-ithin yatathakkaru al-insanu waannalahu aththikra

He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."

Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee

So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,

Fayawma-ithin la yuAAaththibuAAathabahu ahad

And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].

Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahad

[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,

Ya ayyatuha annafsualmutma-inna

Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him],

IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatanmardiyya

And enter among My [righteous] servants

Fadkhulee fee AAibadee

And enter My Paradise."

Wadkhulee jannatee